Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-66l
(a) For the purposes of this section:
(4) “Municipal spending” means:
(5) “Per capita distribution” means:
(6) “Pro rata distribution” means:
(b) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal revenue sharing account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The secretary shall set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in the following order of priority and shall transfer or disburse such moneys as follows:
(c)
(d)
(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, each municipality shall receive a municipal revenue sharing grant, which shall be payable August 1, 2016, from the Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund established in section 4-66p. The total amount of the grant payable is as follows:
| Municipality | Grant Amount |
| Andover | 66,705 |
| Ansonia | 605,442 |
| Ashford | 87,248 |
| Avon | 374,711 |
| Barkhamsted | 76,324 |
| Beacon Falls | 123,341 |
| Berlin | 843,048 |
| Bethany | 114,329 |
| Bethel | 392,605 |
| Bethlehem | 42,762 |
| Bloomfield | 438,458 |
| Bolton | 106,449 |
| Bozrah | 53,783 |
| Branford | 570,402 |
| Bridgeport | 14,476,283 |
| Bridgewater | 15,670 |
| Bristol | 1,276,119 |
| Brookfield | 343,611 |
| Brooklyn | 103,910 |
| Burlington | 193,490 |
| Canaan | 14,793 |
| Canterbury | 58,684 |
| Canton | 211,078 |
| Chaplin | 48,563 |
| Cheshire | 594,084 |
| Chester | 57,736 |
| Clinton | 268,611 |
| Colchester | 330,363 |
| Colebrook | 29,694 |
| Columbia | 111,276 |
| Cornwall | 11,269 |
| Coventry | 252,939 |
| Cromwell | 288,951 |
| Danbury | 2,079,675 |
| Darien | 171,485 |
| Deep River | 93,525 |
| Derby | 462,718 |
| Durham | 150,019 |
| East Granby | 106,222 |
| East Haddam | 186,418 |
| East Hampton | 263,149 |
| East Hartford | 3,877,281 |
| East Haven | 593,493 |
| East Lyme | 243,736 |
| East Windsor | 232,457 |
| Eastford | 23,060 |
| Easton | 155,216 |
| Ellington | 321,722 |
| Enfield | 911,974 |
| Essex | 74,572 |
| Fairfield | 795,318 |
| Farmington | 335,287 |
| Franklin | 26,309 |
| Glastonbury | 754,546 |
| Goshen | 30,286 |
| Granby | 244,839 |
| Greenwich | 366,588 |
| Griswold | 243,727 |
| Groton | 433,177 |
| Guilford | 456,863 |
| Haddam | 170,440 |
| Hamden | 4,491,337 |
| Hampton | 38,070 |
| Hartford | 13,908,437 |
| Hartland | 27,964 |
| Harwinton | 113,987 |
| Hebron | 208,666 |
| Kent | 26,808 |
| Killingly | 351,213 |
| Killingworth | 85,270 |
| Lebanon | 149,163 |
| Ledyard | 307,619 |
| Lisbon | 45,413 |
| Litchfield | 169,828 |
| Lyme | 21,862 |
| Madison | 372,897 |
| Manchester | 1,972,491 |
| Mansfield | 525,280 |
| Marlborough | 131,065 |
| Meriden | 1,315,347 |
| Middlebury | 154,299 |
| Middlefield | 91,372 |
| Middletown | 964,657 |
| Milford | 1,880,830 |
| Monroe | 404,221 |
| Montville | 401,756 |
| Morris | 28,110 |
| Naugatuck | 2,405,660 |
| New Britain | 5,781,991 |
| New Canaan | 168,106 |
| New Fairfield | 288,278 |
| New Hartford | 140,338 |
| New Haven | 2,118,290 |
| New London | 750,249 |
| New Milford | 565,898 |
| Newington | 651,000 |
| Newtown | 572,949 |
| Norfolk | 20,141 |
| North Branford | 292,517 |
| North Canaan | 66,052 |
| North Haven | 487,882 |
| North Stonington | 107,832 |
| Norwalk | 3,401,590 |
| Norwich | 1,309,943 |
| Old Lyme | 79,946 |
| Old Saybrook | 101,527 |
| Orange | 284,365 |
| Oxford | 171,492 |
| Plainfield | 310,350 |
| Plainville | 363,176 |
| Plymouth | 255,581 |
| Pomfret | 54,257 |
| Portland | 192,715 |
| Preston | 58,934 |
| Prospect | 197,097 |
| Putnam | 76,399 |
| Redding | 189,781 |
| Ridgefield | 512,848 |
| Rocky Hill | 405,872 |
| Roxbury | 15,998 |
| Salem | 85,617 |
| Salisbury | 20,769 |
| Scotland | 36,200 |
| Seymour | 343,388 |
| Sharon | 19,467 |
| Shelton | 706,038 |
| Sherman | 39,000 |
| Simsbury | 567,460 |
| Somers | 141,697 |
| South Windsor | 558,715 |
| Southbury | 404,731 |
| Southington | 889,821 |
| Sprague | 89,456 |
| Stafford | 243,095 |
| Stamford | 2,372,358 |
| Sterling | 77,037 |
| Stonington | 202,888 |
| Stratford | 1,130,316 |
| Suffield | 321,763 |
| Thomaston | 158,888 |
| Thompson | 114,582 |
| Tolland | 303,971 |
| Torrington | 2,435,109 |
| Trumbull | 745,325 |
| Union | 17,283 |
| Vernon | 641,027 |
| Voluntown | 33,914 |
| Wallingford | 919,984 |
| Warren | 11,006 |
| Washington | 25,496 |
| Waterbury | 13,438,542 |
| Waterford | 259,091 |
| Watertown | 453,012 |
| West Hartford | 1,614,320 |
| West Haven | 1,121,850 |
| Westbrook | 80,601 |
| Weston | 211,384 |
| Westport | 262,402 |
| Wethersfield | 940,267 |
| Willington | 121,568 |
| Wilton | 380,234 |
| Winchester | 224,447 |
| Windham | 513,847 |
| Windsor | 593,921 |
| Windsor Locks | 256,241 |
| Wolcott | 340,859 |
| Woodbridge | 247,758 |
| Woodbury | 200,175 |
| Woodstock | 97,708 |
| Borough of Danielson | - |
| Borough of Litchfield | - |
| Bloomfield, Blue Hills FD | 92,961 |
| Enfield Thompsonville FD #2 | 354,311 |
| Manchester - Eighth Utility District | 436,718 |
| Middletown - City Fire | 910,442 |
| Middletown So Fire | 413,961 |
| Norwich CCD | 552,565 |
| Norwich TCD | 62,849 |
| Simsbury FD | 221,536 |
| Plainfield Fire District | - |
| Windham, Special Service District #2 | 640,000 |
| Windham 1st Taxing District | - |
| Windham First | |
| West Haven First Center (D1) | 1,039,843 |
| West Haven: Allingtown FD (D3) | 483,505 |
| West Haven: West Shore FD (D2) | 654,640 |
(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, each municipality shall receive a municipal sharing grant payable not later than October thirty-first of each year. The total amount of the grant payable is as follows:
| Municipality | Grant Amount |
| Andover | 96,020 |
| Ansonia | 643,519 |
| Ashford | 125,591 |
| Avon | 539,387 |
| Barkhamsted | 109,867 |
| Beacon Falls | 177,547 |
| Berlin | 1,213,548 |
| Bethany | 164,574 |
| Bethel | 565,146 |
| Bethlehem | 61,554 |
| Bloomfield | 631,150 |
| Bolton | 153,231 |
| Bozrah | 77,420 |
| Branford | 821,080 |
| Bridgeport | 9,758,441 |
| Bridgewater | 22,557 |
| Bristol | 1,836,944 |
| Brookfield | 494,620 |
| Brooklyn | 149,576 |
| Burlington | 278,524 |
| Canaan | 21,294 |
| Canterbury | 84,475 |
| Canton | 303,842 |
| Chaplin | 69,906 |
| Cheshire | 855,170 |
| Chester | 83,109 |
| Clinton | 386,660 |
| Colchester | 475,551 |
| Colebrook | 42,744 |
| Columbia | 160,179 |
| Cornwall | 16,221 |
| Coventry | 364,100 |
| Cromwell | 415,938 |
| Danbury | 2,993,644 |
| Darien | 246,849 |
| Deep River | 134,627 |
| Derby | 400,912 |
| Durham | 215,949 |
| East Granby | 152,904 |
| East Haddam | 268,344 |
| East Hampton | 378,798 |
| East Hartford | 2,036,894 |
| East Haven | 854,319 |
| East Lyme | 350,852 |
| East Windsor | 334,616 |
| Eastford | 33,194 |
| Easton | 223,430 |
| Ellington | 463,112 |
| Enfield | 1,312,766 |
| Essex | 107,345 |
| Fairfield | 1,144,842 |
| Farmington | 482,637 |
| Franklin | 37,871 |
| Glastonbury | 1,086,151 |
| Goshen | 43,596 |
| Granby | 352,440 |
| Greenwich | 527,695 |
| Griswold | 350,840 |
| Groton | 623,548 |
| Guilford | 657,644 |
| Haddam | 245,344 |
| Hamden | 2,155,661 |
| Hampton | 54,801 |
| Hartford | 1,498,643 |
| Hartland | 40,254 |
| Harwinton | 164,081 |
| Hebron | 300,369 |
| Kent | 38,590 |
| Killingly | 505,562 |
| Killingworth | 122,744 |
| Lebanon | 214,717 |
| Ledyard | 442,811 |
| Lisbon | 65,371 |
| Litchfield | 244,464 |
| Lyme | 31,470 |
| Madison | 536,777 |
| Manchester | 1,971,540 |
| Mansfield | 756,128 |
| Marlborough | 188,665 |
| Meriden | 1,893,412 |
| Middlebury | 222,109 |
| Middlefield | 131,529 |
| Middletown | 1,388,602 |
| Milford | 2,707,412 |
| Monroe | 581,867 |
| Montville | 578,318 |
| Morris | 40,463 |
| Naugatuck | 1,251,980 |
| New Britain | 3,131,893 |
| New Canaan | 241,985 |
| New Fairfield | 414,970 |
| New Hartford | 202,014 |
| New Haven | 114,863 |
| New London | 917,228 |
| New Milford | 814,597 |
| Newington | 937,100 |
| Newtown | 824,747 |
| Norfolk | 28,993 |
| North Branford | 421,072 |
| North Canaan | 95,081 |
| North Haven | 702,295 |
| North Stonington | 155,222 |
| Norwalk | 4,896,511 |
| Norwich | 1,362,971 |
| Old Lyme | 115,080 |
| Old Saybrook | 146,146 |
| Orange | 409,337 |
| Oxford | 246,859 |
| Plainfield | 446,742 |
| Plainville | 522,783 |
| Plymouth | 367,902 |
| Pomfret | 78,101 |
| Portland | 277,409 |
| Preston | 84,835 |
| Prospect | 283,717 |
| Putnam | 109,975 |
| Redding | 273,185 |
| Ridgefield | 738,233 |
| Rocky Hill | 584,244 |
| Roxbury | 23,029 |
| Salem | 123,244 |
| Salisbury | 29,897 |
| Scotland | 52,109 |
| Seymour | 494,298 |
| Sharon | 28,022 |
| Shelton | 1,016,326 |
| Sherman | 56,139 |
| Simsbury | 775,368 |
| Somers | 203,969 |
| South Windsor | 804,258 |
| Southbury | 582,601 |
| Southington | 1,280,877 |
| Sprague | 128,769 |
| Stafford | 349,930 |
| Stamford | 3,414,955 |
| Sterling | 110,893 |
| Stonington | 292,053 |
| Stratford | 1,627,064 |
| Suffield | 463,170 |
| Thomaston | 228,716 |
| Thompson | 164,939 |
| Tolland | 437,559 |
| Torrington | 1,133,394 |
| Trumbull | 1,072,878 |
| Union | 24,878 |
| Vernon | 922,743 |
| Voluntown | 48,818 |
| Wallingford | 1,324,296 |
| Warren | 15,842 |
| Washington | 36,701 |
| Waterbury | 5,595,448 |
| Waterford | 372,956 |
| Watertown | 652,100 |
| West Hartford | 2,075,223 |
| West Haven | 1,614,877 |
| Westbrook | 116,023 |
| Weston | 304,282 |
| Westport | 377,722 |
| Wethersfield | 1,353,493 |
| Willington | 174,995 |
| Wilton | 547,338 |
| Winchester | 323,087 |
| Windham | 739,671 |
| Windsor | 854,935 |
| Windsor Locks | 368,853 |
| Wolcott | 490,659 |
| Woodbridge | 274,418 |
| Woodbury | 288,147 |
| Woodstock | 140,648 |
(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, each municipality shall receive a municipal revenue sharing grant as follows:
(1)
(B) Such grants shall be increased by a percentage calculated as follows:
(h)
(P.A. 11-6, S. 96; 11-61, S. 44; 11-239, S. 17; P.A. 12-104, S. 10; P.A. 15-244, S. 207; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 110, 111, 494; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 31; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 189; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 700; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4, S. 21; P.A. 18-81, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 11-6 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 designated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (b)(1) and amended same by removing reference to Sec. 32-9s and replacing general provision re grants with list of grant amounts to each municipality, added Subsec. (b)(2) re reduction of grant amounts, added Subsec. (b)(3) re treatment of overpayments and amended Subsec. (c) to specify sources of numbers to be used in the formula under Sec. 3-55j(e), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-239 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to change reference to Sec. 12-94b to the revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2011, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-104 amended Subsec. (b) to change grant payment to Franklin from $413,545 to $18,317 and grand total from $50,271,099 to $49,875,871 in Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (4) re additional payments to Ledyard and Montville, effective June 8, 2012; P.A. 15-244 added new Subsec. (a) re definitions, redesignated existing Subsec. (a) as new Subsec. (b) and amended same by establishing order for disbursement of account moneys, deleted former Subsec. (b) re manufacturing transition grants, deleted former Subsec. (c) re distribution of moneys remaining in account, added new Subsec. (c) re motor vehicle property tax grants, added Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, added Subsec. (e) re regional services grants, added Subsec. (f) re municipal revenue sharing grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, added Subsec. (g) re disbursement of municipal revenue sharing grants to districts, added Subsec. (h) re reduction of municipal revenue sharing grants when municipality exceeds spending cap and added Subsec. (i) re proportionate reduction of municipal revenue sharing grants when grant total exceeds amount available in account; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (13) defining “district”, amended Subsec. (b) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, in Subdiv. (4), by deleting provisions re distribution of moneys for regional services grants on a per capita basis in Subdiv. (5) and by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subdiv. (6), amended Subsec. (c) by making provisions applicable to combined mill rate of municipality and any district located within the municipality and requiring municipality to disburse district's share not later than 15 calendar days after receiving property tax grant, amended Subsec. (d) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and replacing list of grant amounts, amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re grants to regional councils of governments to be calculated by formula determined by secretary, amended Subsec. (f) by making provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, amended Subsec. (h) by redefining “municipal spending”, and made conforming and technical changes throughout; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (14) defining “secretary”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re secretary to set aside and ensure availability of moneys in the account in order of priority, deleting provision re amount for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and adding provision re transfer not later than April 15th in Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdiv. (2) re transfers for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2) and amending same by adding “payable” and “not later than August first”, adding new Subdiv. (3) re transfers for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, adding reference to June 30, 2019, and provision re expenditure not later than October 31st annually in Subdiv. (4), adding new Subdiv. (5) re transfer of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, redesignating existing Subdiv. (5) as Subdiv. (6), and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7) and amending same by changing “2019” to “2020”, amended Subsec. (d) by adding reference to June 30, 2019, amended Subsec. (f) by changing “2019” to “2020”, amended Subsec. (h) by adding reference to Subsec. (d), amended Subsec. (i) by adding “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter,” and deleting reference to Subsec. (d), and made conforming and technical changes, effective December 29, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “, unless otherwise specified,” in Subdiv. (2), redefining “municipality” in Subdiv. (3), replacing references to town with references to municipal in Subdivs. (5) and (8), and making a conforming change in Subdiv. (12), amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2018” in Subdivs. (2) and (3), deleting “June 30, 2017,” and adding “subdivision (2) of” in Subdiv. (4), deleting former Subdiv. (5) re transfer of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, deleting former Subdiv. (6)(A) re expenditure of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, redesignating existing Subdiv. (6)(B) as new Subdiv. (5), redesignating existing Subdiv. (7) as new Subdiv. (6) and amending same by replacing “town” with “municipality”, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, replacing “June 30, 2017” with “June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter” and adding “on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles” in provision re mill rates, deleting former Subdiv. (2) re motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, substantially revised Subsec. (d) re municipal revenue sharing grants, and amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re expenditure of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (e) by adding provision re 35 per cent of grant moneys awarded to regional councils of governments for regional education service center purposes for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (f) by adding Subdiv. (3) defining “mill rate”, and amended Subsec. (h) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing “For” with “Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for”, replacing “general budget expenditures” with “adopted budget expenditures”, designating existing provision re exclusions from municipal spending as Subpara. (A) and adding “budgeting for an audited deficit, nonrecurring grants, capital expenditures or payments on unfunded pension liabilities”, adding Subparas. (B) and (C) defining “adopted budget expenditures” and “capital expenditure”, respectively, and adding Subdiv. (2) re grant reduction prohibition for certain municipalities for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions re motor vehicle property tax grants to municipalities that impose mill rates on real property and personal property other than motor vehicles greater than the maximum mill rate as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing maximum mill rate of 32 mills to maximum mill rate of 39 mills and deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,”, adding Subdiv. (2) re motor vehicle property grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, and designating existing provision re disbursement of property tax grant pursuant to this section as Subdiv. (3), effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-4 amended Subsec. (b) by adding new Subdiv. (6) re supplemental motor vehicle property tax grants and redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7), amended Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re supplemental motor vehicle property tax grant requirements and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), and made technical and conforming changes, effective November 21, 2017; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “2019” and “2013” with “2020” and “2016”, respectively, in Subdiv. (2) and deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,” in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2018.